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un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.

Linked entry: sméðe

ge-háwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To look atviewobserveexaminesurveyinspectintuĕriaspĭcĕrecircumspĭcĕre

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To look at, view, observe, examine, survey, inspect; intuĕri, aspĭcĕre, circumspĭcĕre Se cing geháwode [geháwade, col. 1] hwǽr man mihte ða eá forwyrcean the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2; 173, 35 :

Linked entry: ge-geháwian

word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.

Linked entry: word

wrecend

(n.)
Grammar
wrecend, es; m.

An avenger

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An avenger Hwæt hwá óðrum tó wó gedó, God his bið wrecend, L. E. I. 35 ; Th. ii. 432, 27 : Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 17. Ðæt gesýne wearð, ðætte wrecend ðágyt lifde æfter láþum, Beo. Th. 2517 ; B. 1256. Hí habbaþ eác wrecend (ultorem), Scint. 39, 13

on-bídan

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Add Þǽr his Pompeius on ánre dúne onbád, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 23. with clause Hé gesæt be þám swere anbídende hwæt him gelimpan scolde, Bl. H. 239, 22

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Hwæt him sý tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne, Wlfst. 123, 15

Linked entry: for-gangan

weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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Witan hwæt wyrd sié, and hwæt weás gebyrige de fati serie, de repentinis casibus quaeri, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 30. Ic wolde witan hwæþer ðæt áuht sié ðæt wé oft gehióraþ ðæt men cweþaþ be sumum þingum ðæt hit scyle weás gebyrian. ...

hegian

(v.)
Grammar
hegian, hegegian

to hedgefence

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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan. . . grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19. Geneát sceal . . . burh hegegian (v. burg-hege), LI. Th. i. 432, 16

Linked entries: hegegian be-hegian

á-wendedness

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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add

Linked entry: -wend(ed)ness

esn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
esn-líce, adv.

Manfully, valiantly vĭrīlĭter

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Hwæt dó gé, bróður, dóþ esnlíce what ye do, brother, do manfully. Past. 47 ; Hat. MS. Hopa nú to Drihtne, and dó esnlíce expecta Dŏmĭnum, et vĭrīlĭter ăge, Ps. Th. 26, 16: 30, 28

Linked entry: esne

mǽg-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-gemót, es; n.

A meeting of kinsmen

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A meeting of kinsmen Hé bebeád ofer ealne middangeard ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde.

ge-sceótan

Grammar
ge-sceótan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Hwá is ꝥ wite hwæt him gesceótan scyle an þís lífe? quis scit quod contingat sibi in hac uita?, Chrd. 90, 1

strið

(n.)
Grammar
strið, es; m.
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Th. 19, i; Gen. 284. contention, dispute, strife of words Hwæt scal ðé swá láðlíc stríð wið ðínes hearran bodan? 41, 28; Gen. 663. Ðone láðan stríð, yfel and-wyrde, 36, 16; Gen. 572

ge-irsian

(v.)
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Hwæt þá Datianus deófollíce geyrsode ongeán ðone hálgan wer, Hml. S. 14, 23. Lǽt þíne godas geyrsian, gif hí áht magon, 7, 113

Linked entry: ge-yrsian

útane

Grammar
útane, <b>. II.</b> add: (la)
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Mon ne mæg útane on him ongietan hwæt mon tǽle foris a reprehensoribus non videntur, Past. 271, 20: 417, 17: 439, 4

wel-gedón

(adj.)

well doneThe word also glosses beneficium:

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well done Gif hwæt welgedónes bið si qua bene gesta sunt Past. 17; Swt. 111, 3. Suíðe suíðe wé gesyngiaþ, gif wé óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigaþ valde peccamus, si aliena bene gesta diligimus 34; Swt. 231, 1.

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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ss; Æppel, cræbba, hæbben, fætte, fættes, wræcca, næsse: before double consonants, arising from the inflection of monosyllabic adjectives Lætne, lætre, lætra, from læt late; hwætne, hwætre, hwætra from hwæt quick.

ge-timbrung

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Hwæt is hit elles bútan getimbrunga and tól háligra manna quid aliud sunt nisi instituta virtutum? R. Ben. 133, 9

ge-lang

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Bið æt Gode ánum gelang eal, hwæt wé gefaran scylon, Wlfst. 122, 8. Is seó bót gelong eal æt þé ánum, Cri. 152.

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Ne wiste ic hwǽr mín ládþeów cóm (becóm, v. l. ), 5, 12; Sch. 619, 2. Hwǽr cóm seó frætwodnes heora húsa? . . . oþþe hwǽr cóm heora snyttro?, Bl. H. 99, 27, 31. Hwǽr cóm middaneardes gestreón? hwǽr cóm worulde wela?